Stovepipe lock



"July 17, 1923- 1,461,773

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Patented July 17, 1923..

THEODORE N. GOFFE, OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI.

S'l.OVIEIEIIIE LOCK.

Application filed November 27, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE N. Gorrn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Greene and 5 State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Stovepipe Locks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for looking the inserted end of a stove-pipe in a flue-opening, and its object is to provide a device of this kind which can be easily applied and adjusted, and which besides being simple and inexpensive in structure, serves the purpose for which it has been designed in a most effective manner.

The object stated is attained by means of a novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, and in order that the same may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawing, wherein Fig. l is a vertical section of a flue showing the application of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view, and

Fig.3 is an elevation of a keeper member.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 5 denotes the wall of a flue having an opening 6 to receive the end of a stove-pipe a fragment of which latter is shown at '7. In order to lock the inserted end of the stovepipe in the flue-opening, there is riveted or otherwise secured adjacent to said end. as

. shown at 8, a flexible metal strip 9. This strip is on the outside of the stove-pipe, and

" it is secured intermediate its ends thereto.

The length of the strip is such that it projects some distance from the end of the stovepipe.

To look the stove-pipe in the flue-opening 6, one end of the strip 9 is bent up or outwardly of the pipe, as shown at 10, to bear against the wall 5, on the outside thereof,

and the other end is passed through a loopfierial No. 603,636.

or eye 11 made in' a wire rod 12 intermediate the ends thereof. This rod is of suflicient length to span the flue-opening, and it will be placed across the same near the top there of, with its ends earing against the wall 5 on the inside of the flue. After passing the strip end through the loop, it is bent back into the shape of a hook, as shown at 13.

By anchoring the strip 9 to the keeper rod 12 as hereinbefore described, the stovepipe 7 is prevented from pulling out of the flue-opening 6, and at the same time it is prevented from going farther into said opening by the bend 10. The stove-pipe is therefore firmly locked in the flue-opening. The looking device is very simple and inexpensive, and it can be readily adjusted to flue walls of different thickness. If the flue-opening is provided with a collar the bend 10 will be made to engage the same.

I claim:

1. A stove-pipe lock comprising in combination with a stove-pipe, a metal strip secured intermediate its ends to the pipe end and projecting at one end therefrom, said strip being flexible to permit bending of its ends, and a keeper for the projecting end of the strip, said keeper comprising a cross-rod having a loop intermediate its ends through which the projecting end of the strip is insertible.

2. A stove-pipe lock comprising in combination with a stove-pipe, a metal strip secured intermediate its ends to the pipe end and projecting at one end therefrom. said strip being flexible to permit bending of its inner end outwardly of the pipe, and its projecting end into a hook, and a keeper for the hook, said keeper comprising a crossrod having a loop intermediate its ends to receive the hook.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

THEODORE N. GOFFE. 

